rFactor - 2008 Pistonheads Series

[FourWheelDrift]

Goldeeno said:

Has anyone else found the AI for the gallardos, stupidly easy... i raced them on 100%, and qualified 3rd, we were all in low 1:25's, but in the race after 22 laps, id lapped them all including 2 pit stops.

There is a way (I forget now) to make the AI learn in rFactor by adapting to your own speed.

[Goldeeno]

rebelstar said:

Is it safe to assume that everyone has paid their server subscription to Neil?

Sorry whats this?

Yeah i think pitstops would be good. One would be enough, add another dimension to the race.

[mj04uk]

Whilst I enjoyed the pit-stops in previous series, I think a 20 minute race is just too short. However how about inluding a mandatory stop in the two special stages ?

[Mr_Yogi]

Goldeeno said:

rebelstar said:

Is it safe to assume that everyone has paid their server subscription to Neil?

Sorry whats this?

All us competitors make a small one-off contrubution (£20?) for the use of the server, which is actaully a very fast gaming server hosted by one of the gaming networks. It's not an old Pistonheads webserver anyway

Is that right Neil?

mj04uk said:

Whilst I enjoyed the pit-stops in previous series, I think a 20 minute race is just too short. However how about inluding a mandatory stop in the two special stages ?

I think that's sounds like a good idea

[Mr_Yogi]

Morph28 said:

What version of rFactor should we be running (I assume the old PH server hasn't been updated?)

1:25.5 is my best for Brands.

I've upgradded to the latest version.

[D_Mike]

AJLintern said:

We did do pitstops on the GTL league and it added another dimension to the racing - would be quite fun

it added things in the extreme frustration dimension when you (you in this case mostly = diver or fwd :P ) pressed escape to quit the pit menu but quitted the race! ARGHHH!

was fun though

good elan vs Pantera races

[AJLintern]

Yes I did that a couple of times in the end I had to put something over the ESC key to prevent me pressing it and having an apoplectic fit!

[FourWheelDrift]

D_Mike said:

AJLintern said:

We did do pitstops on the GTL league and it added another dimension to the racing - would be quite fun

it added things in the extreme frustration dimension when you (you in this case mostly = diver or fwd :P ) pressed escape to quit the pit menu but quitted the race! ARGHHH!

We also did pitstops in GTR and it was frustrating when you did proper pitstops for fuel and tyres, when some others were just driving in and leaving without doing anything (taking only a few seconds longer for the lap), which made the GT/NGT handicapping pointless.

[D_Mike]

I had no idea that that was going on!!!

always changed tyres and refueled.

[rebelstar]

Regarding the money/subscription thing...

I've just spoken to Neil and there's no longer a requirement to pay subs to play. We will, however, keep a password to prevent non-PH people playing. Abusing the bandwidth for the server would be a bad thing and we could easily lose the server entirely.

If you don't know the password, email me through PH and I'll let you know.

The server will take a while to set up - I'll try to make sure it's ready by Friday or Saturday evening if I can.

Adam

[diver944]

rebelstar said:

Regarding the money/subscription thing...

Isn't it right that those of us who paid the original subs get a better connection speed and therefore much better responses and an easier car to drive?

Any chance not to come last

MJ would this be a good time to say I want to be car #26 in the Wurth colours - coz it's pretty

[mj04uk]

diver944 said:

rebelstar said:

Regarding the money/subscription thing...

Isn't it right that those of us who paid the original subs get a better connection speed and therefore much better responses and an easier car to drive?

Any chance not to come last

MJ would this be a good time to say I want to be car #26 in the Wurth colours - coz it's pretty

no cos i'm having it.........

[R1 GTR]

I take it that with the tracks with multiple layouts (Brands, Silverstone, Oulton and Donington) we are using the longest on all of them?

[mj04uk]

R1 GTR said:

I take it that with the tracks with multiple layouts (Brands, Silverstone, Oulton and Donington) we are using the longest on all of them?

was the plan

[Altrezia]

I've forgotten the password, can you enlighten me please

[rebelstar]

Not in a public forum. Send me an email via PH and I'll let you know that way.

[R1 GTR]

Just had a race with Adam and Mr Yogi. Was close until i binned it trying to hard. Then the rears were too hot and i kept spinning! If anyone else does use the server, bare in mind its set to 20 laps not mins so if youve planned your fuel/tyre strategy (which i had, and saved) you may need to adjust it.

Oh yeah and the launch control works well. They didnt know about it so if you dont either, you may get left behind on the line.

[rebelstar]

I'll fix the minutes/laps thing before the big day.

p.s. 1m23.4

[mj04uk]

Had a go the other night, can't get on with the track and need to work on a set-up.... so expect a cautious start.

Oh and it does not take a lot to wipe out the front splitter....... me thinks slow and steady will win the day

[Mr_Yogi]

The server has invunrability enabled, so no need to worry about your splitter

As has been said if you spin it your rears will be hot so you have to take the next lap slower.

As for setups, I'm just using the shortest final drive and soft rubber, however I'm not sure they'll last 20mins yet